Cannot generate adhoc IPA from command-line but it works in Xcode

Question

I'm trying to generate an adhoc IPA from the command-line but I cannot get it to works.

I can however generate an adhoc IPA from Xcode doing Product -> Archive and Export... in Organizer.

Here is how I proceed to generate an IPA on the command-line

xcodebuild -project DemoApp.xcodeproj -scheme DemoApp archive -archivePath build/DemoApp.xcarchive -configuration Release

xcrun -sdk iphoneos PackageApplication -v build/DemoApp.xcarchive/Products/Applications/DemoApp.app -o build/DemoApp.ipa --sign "iPhone Distribution" --embed DemoApp_Adhoc.mobileprovision

When I install the generated IPA via iTunes, it doesn't install properly on the device. The icon is greyed out and the title says "Installing..." like here.

I've checked the provisioning profile, the UUID, etc.

I tried with shenzhen but got the same behavior.

Can you spot what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Finally I did not find the problem with PackageApplication but as a workaround I used PROVISIONING_PROFILE and CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY environment variable with the xcodebuild step and it worked.

Here are the new commands:

xcodebuild -project DemoApp.xcodeproj -scheme DemoApp archive -archivePath build/DemoApp.xcarchive -configuration Release PROVISIONING_PROFILE="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="iPhone Distribution: Company Inc (XXXXXXXXXX)"

xcrun -sdk iphoneos PackageApplication -v build/DemoApp.xcarchive/Products/Applications/DemoApp.app -o build/DemoApp.ipa")